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General $lectric plant in Erie. The partcially successful struggle at the Highland

Park Swiming pool during the past 2 au mers is also an indication of this. The participation of yourg peole in the Alex Wright election campaign, in the NAACP Washington mibilization, in the local participatisx activities around the World Feleration of

Democratic Youth festival, and for the coming Colonial Youth Day demonstration. these are only some of the indications that the youth ready to fight.

All of

That the youth.need to help guarantee victory, besides the support and participation

of the general progressiv movement in their struggles, is unity among themselves, unity with the general progressive movement and a strong LYL which can give leadership in these struggles and which can educate the young workers in the process of these struggles as to the relationship of their fight to the general progressive struggle, and the necessity for the eventual socialist re-organization of society.

is

During the past 7 months our LVL membership was increased by 100% from the orgİNKİ original 20 at the organizing conference to to 43. This/exactly 1/3 the objective set

the conference.

More important

is the fact that only approximately 1/2 of the 43

by

members are organized into a club on the Hill, which club functions sporatically, and the rem inder can be considered as members at large since they are not organized as yet inte en clubs.

What are some of the reasons for this:

developed an organizational and internal

with an aproach

1. After a short spert in activity during the summer our leadership proach which would have been correct if coupled developing activity around certain issues. It is significant that

our short period of nominal growth took place during the Highland Park fight and the #FDY act

ivities. Come the fall and winter with practically no

Peace, fobs, Negro discrimination etc., a period of

Styd the cajor questions of

tion set in.

2. Although some educational activity was conducted such as a leadership class on the theory and Practice of arxism, some special activities against trotskyism, and crtain other ■ discussions, this education was conducted mainly in a vacuem, and was not conducted in conjunction with any specific mass campaigns.

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3.

There was no planned consistant program of educational, social and cultural activities for the membership and of such a nature which would attrac young

workers to the LYL.

There was no consistant leadership given to the application of the

organizing conference decisions as to the concentration in East Pitts urgh or any of

that

the decisions made b *** conference.

5.

Above all our approach was narrow, general secterian, without real orientation to the winying of the working class and Negre youth.

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It is very significent that we do not have among our membership as yet a single miner, single steelworker and only one or 2 electrical workers. This means that our leadership has not se yet succeeded in developing the United Front approach to the working class youth. An LYL in stern Pa. cannot fulfil its responsibilities unless it is based primarily among these sections of the population.

That therefore must be our objectives for 1950.

1. The building of an LYL of 150 members coming mainly from

electrical, steel, mining and Negre youth.

2.

To establish functioning LYL clubs on the Hill, in E. Pgh. on

the South Side and in one mining area to be selected in consultation with the experienced

Within this there must be the objective of the Hill Club
the end of the year.

To achieve a circulation byxkke of the New LYL publication

Challenge, and by the end of the year

of 250 subox ribus,

They can be accomplished only if we

How can thes objectives be accomplished? succeed to unite young workers and other young people in action to achieve a common minimum obiective. In the process of such movements we can build, as a result of new

contacts, both the LYL and the Challenge.

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the to

That are some issues and movements that should be considered by us.

1. Support to the present iners strike, in the form of helping ganize relief compaigns and other types of activity which will help to non-mining youth in support of the miners. This will help us establish new contract – not only with youth in the city and county but also with many young 'minera.

Meny young miners now know of the existance of LYL as a result of the mass distri utien of the LYL leaflet fields last weekend. Here I want to pay special tribute to the LYL menbora from New York during the past 2. eks and have done such a marvelous

in

to

jeb in bringing the Daily Werker and the LVL leaflet to approximately 6000 miners and thin families.

Their activity

has resulted so far in some 30 subs to the Yorker.

2.

Me

wo k in the direction of

of achieving

in a very short period

of time a broad conf

the

of youth and youth organizations for Peace, especially around

questions of agreement to outlaw the xxx A and the H-Bombs and jobs through

are vital to the future th

e opinion that unless these 5 things are done we cannot get

They are the following:

1. I is a fact that our

from youth is which is not sympathies to the
Com.
rship today is isolated

movement.

With such limited contact we cannot

grow.

or

at least the progressive

of

far.

ucceed in developing the

of our

United front of youth it becomes necessary to consider in an organized way,for members on the hill for example: hr to become active the Negre church or other organizations; for our members in Mokees Port les us say to become actr in the Young Democrats;

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Minutes of The Conference of Leadership of the Labor Youth League
Feb. 12, 1950 Meeting opened at 12:00PM by Sonny

Attendence:

the areas of the Hill, South Side, Mckeesport, were represented with a total of 17 people including 1 --National LYL and 1--fraternal dadagadé representive --Communist Party

Jerry was elected Cha irman and Bernie Secy. for the meeting.

Lil gave the main report on the status of the LYL and outlined a perpective for the coming period, based on the fight around Peace, Jobs and Negro Discri mination. The report stressed the need of bringing into the LYL, Young steel workers, coal workers, and electrical workers in the coming period.

Objectives for 1950--150 members--clubs in Hill, East Pittsburgh, South Side, and Mining area. the Hill club --75 members .

Campaigns

Full support to the Miners

Broad conference of youth on Peace and the Outlawing of the A-Bomb and the H.-Bomb

гр.

The fight for peace---the Coal miners---National group work--- Work among the unemployment youth --Struggle againg White Chauvinism---Struggle to get away for

from the issolation of youth and contact with non Communist youth

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Remarks of Julie of Nat. Off LYL

Report is a guide to action of the Western Pa. area. Key task is the moving of the progressive youth and at the same time hundreds of other youth.in the struggle for Peace and to stop the war drive of American imperlialism. The need th strength the ties of LYL to the other organized and unorganized youth. Job is to develops movements to move people on the basis of a minimum program. the United front approach.